| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMB | Chemical Mass Balance |
| ECB | European Chemicals Bureau |
| GPHS | General Purpose Heat Source |
| CAASE | Computer Assisted Area Source Emissions |
| HERV | Human Endogenous Retrovirus |
| CHW | Coherent Hole Wave (quantum Excitations In Solids) |
| AUC | Area Under The Curve |
| IRP | Internal Reflection Photolysis |
| MVC | Mechanical Vapor Compression |
| DDM | Decoupled Direct Method |